Remember the Infantile Paralysis Drive and Clothing Collection NTAP.1T 1-583 COPIES Of THE ENTERPRISE 6ft!N«-Bfftt THE- ■ HOMES OF MARTIN CO UNIT AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN ENTERPRISE NEARLY 4.<KH> COPIES OP THE LMYfcfc»"iHSE CrOING i&ti, VZJt HOMES OF MARTIN COUNTY AND TO COUNTY SERVICEMEN VOLUME \ 1.1 X—NUMBER 6 Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 18, 1916 ESTABLISHED 1899 Several Cases Are Dismissed Because Of Irregularities Defendants Not Under Bond And Witnesses Fail To Ap pear In County Court It was an off-day for the Martin County Recorder's Court last Mon day when defendants and several witnesses failed to appear, and Judge J. C. Smith hurriedly brought the session to a close. If anyone connect ed with the court was happy he was not smiling that day. The session, attracting a very small crowd, ran into a snag when Solicit or Paul D. Roberson called one de fendant after another and received no answer. It was quickly learned that special justices had sent the cases to the county court and requir ed no bond of the defendants who chose to hold contempt for the tri bunal. Judge Smith apparently trac ed the trouble to the trial justices and dismissed one case after an other. That state of affairs aggra vated the situation, but more indig nation was indirectly expressed when it was learned that cases had been sent to the court for trial and no witnesses had been summoned. When a defendant answered and the state had summoned no witnesses, the court threw out the cases with out further ado. Witnesses, employ ed by the state, were said to ha\e talked indifferently, and Solicitor Roberson declared that he hoped he would not find it necessary to issue papers calling for the delivery of state witnesses to the court in per son. As far as it could be learned no in structions or pleas for better coopera tion among the officers of the sev eral courts were made, but it is ap parent from the action of the court that cases where irregularities exist will be thrown out in the future. The session last Monday was a poor one, the records showing that only a $25 fine was imposed and collected along with a small court cost. Proceedings: The case charging James Purvis with non-support was thrown out of court, but is subject to be reopened. Lester Bailey, charged with drunk en driving, made a motion for a trial by jury and his case was automati cally placed on the superior court docket for trial next March. The case charging Askew Brown and Noah Duggins with larceny and receiving was thrown head over heels out of court. Similar action was taken in the case charging James Purvis with an assault with a deadly weapon. Ciotee Watson, charged with dis orderly conduct and an assault w'ith (Continued on page four) Native Of County Dies In Hospital J. Mark Wynne, native of this county died in a New Bern hospital ''yesterday morning at 5 o’clock fol lowing an operation he underwent the day before. He had been in de clining health for several years, but his condition was not considered critical until just a few days ago. The son of the late Mack G. and Christine Mobley Wynne, he was born in Cross Roads Township, this county, 73 years ago the 22nd of last month. When a young man he was married to Miss Claudie Gur ganus and several years following her death he was married to Miss Blanche Pridgen of Jones County. About a quarter century ago he lo cated in Maysville, Jones Countv. , .*■» u ■»H ' t 41 i J ;> ness and operated a mill tor a iiutn ber of years. Mr. Wynne was a member of the church at Cross Roads for over half a century. Funeial services are being con ducted at his late home in Maysville this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and interment will follow in the ceme tery there. Quite a few relatives and friends from this county are at tending the last rites. Besides his widow he is survived by two daughters by his first mar riage, Mrs. T H. Wynne of this coun ty and Mrs. Leon Stanley of Eliza betn City, ana by ms secona mar riage, a son, Joe Wynne who is in the armed services overseas, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert Mattox of Maysville, and Mrs. Julia McNeil of New York: and three sisters, Mrs. A. L. Roebuck and Mrs. John T. Ed mondson of Williamston, and Mrs. Wiley Rogerson of Robersonville. -& Two Bound Over To The County Court This W'eek Two defendants, one charged with drunken driving and the other with assaulting a female with a knife, were bound over (’cur4 for trial in Justice J L. Hassell’s court this week. Charged with drunken driving, Denni.- Hasscii was required to raise bond in the sum of $100, and Leon Svkes. charsed with assaulting a female, offered bond in the sum of $50. Nvhhfrn T<nimts~fjirSomfr Through Here In Numbers Reduced to a mere trickle during the war years, the flow of northern tourists through here has increased into almost a steady stream during certain hours of the day. In a single day last week an estimated three hundred foreign cars passed through the main street here, or about one every two minutes, on an average. Most of the cars carry New York, Pennsylvania, New' Jersey and Rhode Island license plates, and most of the travelers are fairly well advanced in years. The cars apparently are in fairly good condition, and occasion ally one of the 1946 models breezes through. The heavy traffic moving south is causing jams in hotels, tourist homes and restaurants. It was reported that approximately seventy-five per sons seeking sleeping accommoda tions were unable to find them here last Wednesday night, and similar conditions are confronted by others day after day. j While no tourists have met with serious accident on the highways in this county a fairly heavy toll in property and human life has been taken along the main routes, causing some to say that Florida is a mighty fine place to vacation—if you can get there alive. Aggravated by congested condi tions in and around Miami, one tour ist, returning north this week, said there was not one less than a million people on the beach there last Sun day. Reconversion is slow in many fields, but the vacationers blossomed forth over night to restore vacation travel. There are so many clamor ing for reservations in New York that only one out of twelve appli cants can be served. And all this goes on despite the fact that club memberships at some of the resorts run as high as $5'000 a year and daily rates of $40 are fairly common. . TAX LASTING Started the earlv part of this month, tax listing in Martin County, with some few excep tions, is progressing rapidly, M. Luther reel said vesterdav. The task is about three-fourths | complete in several townships, and with the exception of Wil liamston and one or two other districts mote titan half of the property owners have listed their holdings. No extension has been allow ed for listing property, and late listings are subject to penalty, it was pointed out. Library Bookmobile Will Make Regular Schedule Next Week New Hooks Have Been Added To List For Distribution In The (loiinty -* l Another bookmobile trip brings more new books. Among them the latest novel of du Maurier, The King's General. This is her best since Rebecca. It is a romantic ad venture story of the English Civil War with the spotlight on Sir Rich ard Grenvile and crippled Honor Harris. The much discussed and postponed book by Evelyn Waugh lias made its appearance. Brideshead Revisited is another English story. This one, however, is of a society family be tween two wars—an extraordinary love story and modern conflict be tween religion and divorce. For a change in setting one may turn to Hilda Wernher's My Indian Family. Here is the story of an European woman who followed her daughter into India and life with a (Continued on page four) Injured When Hit By Auto Tuesday John N. Hopkins, farmer of near Williamston, was injured early last Tuesday evening when he was struck by a cai at Sweet Water Creek on the Jamesville Highway. The ex tent of his injuries could not be learned di finitely, but he entered the local hospital Wednesday for treat no -nt,. oqe/eport stating that he was b ■ V. ; ‘V:: at oru of ; . ‘;y was bruised. Stopping tu see a car wrecked cany i that morning, Mr. Honkins started to cross the highway and was struck by a 1939 Ford driven by Selby Price of Plymouth. He was knocked to the ciound, but he immediately got up and declared that he was all right. A glass in one of the car doors was broken, Patrolman W. E. Saunders stating that he believed the door came open when the driver swerved the car in an effort to avoid striking the man. I SCHOOLS CLOSE I VJ Reporting unusually low at tendance figures yesterday, three county schools—James ville, Everetts, and Roberson ville—suspended classes yester day afternoon until next Mon day, it was learned from the of fice cf the superintendent. Heavy rains and bad roads forced attendance figures down in all the schools, the attend ance dropping to 58 percent in Robersonville. Willianiston with 75 percent of its children pres ent, had about the best record for the county yesterday. Several busses mired down in the mud and did not make their trips yesterday. Others were drowned out by the heavy rain. Sixteen County Men Reported This Week For Physical Exams —«—. Twelve Of Group Come From FurniH; One Father It* Inrliuletl lu Lit*! -» Sixteen Martin County white men or mere lads, for the most part, were called to report for pre-induction examinations at Fort Bragg on Wed nesday of this week. The size of the call is slightly larger than was ex pected, hut one or two volunteered so they could determine their draft status before making plans to farm this year. Twelve of the group come from the farms, and a father is included in the list for the first time in re cent weeks. The father did not file his marital status with his draft board in Ohio, but if he passes the preliminary test it is likely that he will stale the facts and escape the call for final induction. Ten of the sixteen called are just eighteen years old, the ages of the others ranging up to 23 years. Names of the men called, their | registration and last-given addresses | follow: Naaman Knox, RFD 2, Roberson ville. James Oliver Carrow, Williamston and Houma, La. Floyd Mayo Harrison, RFD 2, Wil liamston. Jerry Saunders Raynor, RFD 3, Williamston. George Thomas Bailey, Cincinnati and RFD 1, Robersonville. Bailey I was transferred from the Ohio board. Simon Lillev, Jr., RFD 1, Williams , ton. Alton Dean Andrews, RF'D 2, Rob 1 ersonville. Howard Chesson Bowen, RFD 2, Williamston. Jesse Reuben Brown, RFD 3, Wil liamston. Joseph Ray Leary, RFD 2, Wil l liamston. James Edward Whitaker, RFD 3, Williamston. J. Wilson Wiggins, RFD 1, Wil liamston. Vernon McNeal Coffield, RFD 1, Palmyra. . Kader Burroughs Taylor. RFD 3, Williamston. A call for final induction is being issued to a small number of white men, instructing them to report the latter part of this month. -a Mrs. Jas. M. Taylor Funeral services were conducted last Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in the Stoneville Methodist Church for Mrs. James M. Taylor, mother of Mr. J. B. Taylor of Wuliamston, who died at her home there last Saturday at 6:10 o’clock p. m. Her pastor, Rev. W. V. Shinn, conducted the last rites. Mis. Tavlor had suffered several strokes, and had been confined to her bed for about two years. Pneu monia developed and her condition was critical for several days before the end. Mis. Tavlor was born in Stokes County 78 years ago and following her marriage located in Forsyth County at Stoneville. Besides her husband she is surviv 1 ed by eight sons, Dr. L. A. Taylor and M. D. Taylor of Winston-Salem, W. E. Taylor of Warsaw, J. B of Wil liamston, J. W. of Norfolk, and G. H., J. M. and Lester Taylor of Stoneville; i three daughters, Mrs. Leon Cahill of | Winston-Salem, Mrs. Frank King of Stoneville, and Mrs. Frank Townes of Raleigh; four sisters, Mrs. Walter Hutcherson, Mrs. John Martin and Mrs. Henry Thomas Corn of Sandy Ridge, and Mrs. C. H. Lawson of Orbing, Wasningion; two brothers, Messrs. Frank and Fletcher Smith oi High Point; seventeen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taylor and sons, J. B., Jr., and Sammy, attended the funeral from here. jas. S. Whitehurst Reviews Record Of Martin County Young Man Was On Famous Ship Dur ing Pacific Campaign -$ (Having described a rest at Ulithi, two surprise raids on Kyushu Island, the first of which was also surpris ing to American pilots, and the skirt ing of a typhoon by the carrier Task Force 38, Whitehurst now tells of the resting and repairing of the ships at Leyte and the return to action direct ly off Tokyo.—-Ed.) -— Leyte—Another Spot on the Globe After the day-ling strike-day rou tines, our arrival in Levte Gulf in the Philippines was a welcome change. Not only did we add a new spot on the globe to our list of travels, but also it was a chance once again to re lax a bit from the war. It was hard to believe, as we drop ped anchor in the quiet waters of Leyte Gulf, that there was still heavy fighting going on the north and south of us as the doughboys crowded the Japs back into the hills of Luzon and Mindanao. We didn't think too much about it either, for hardly had the anchor dropped than the basketball court was cleared and the in-port marathon of games began once again. A couple of days later beach parties were started also and we put the Japs far into the back of our minds while we enjoyed the recreation par ties, ball games, movies and our nuiil . Not to mention the rare privi lege of “sleeping in" until 5:30 in the morning. Ail was not rest, However, tor soon the dreaded working party lists be gan to appear for reprovisioning the ship, telling which men would soon have sore hacks and knotted muscles from loading stores. Toward the end of our Philippine ! period, interest began to pick up on board in the war and our next opera tion. For sailors who are used to (reading the “hand-writing on the iwall” it appeared that this next trip : would be one which would make blazing headlines in the States. We (were certain our first stop would be Tokyo and from all appearances the rest of the operation would be equal ly as important. Three wire service (war correspondents appeared on board, John L. Sullivan, who was to be the new Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air established himself aboard. More high ranking officers were coming and going than we had ever seen before. We even had a i short visit by Congressman Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi, who was making an investigation for the Navy appropriations committee. Yes, it looked like big news was coming out (of the next operation. Into Hirohito's Living Room On July 1 we upped anchor and headed into the open sea once more taking an angling north-east course which would take us between the (Continued on page four) <* i Fire Destroys Home Near Here Tuesday -« Starting from an oil burner in a wood range, fire destroyed the coun try home of Mr. and Mis. Leo Rob erson just off the McCaskey Road near Williamston last Tuesday noon. Very few of the contents were saved. Members of the family were talk ing with W. G. Teele in the living room when Mrs Roberson went to the kitchen and lighted the burner. A few minutes later the fire was dis covered and when Mr. Roberson dashed a Mfj of WStejr or. fh« stove id rop»44y thirty or -fot-fe***.'nutcs the five- town structure was burned to the ground. Tite house and contents were par tially covered by insurance. r THE RECORD SPEAKS . . . After a bad start during the first few days of the current year, motorists on Martin Coun Iv highways traveled through the second week of January without an accident, according to reports coming from repre sentatives of the highway patrol Hut to date, the number of acci dents in 1946 is a third greater than in the first two weeks of 1945, and the “cost in injured limbs and life has been much gieater, not to mention the sev eral hundred dollar property loss increase. The following tabulations of fer a comparison of the accident trend: first, by corresponding weeks in this year and lact and for each year to the present time. Accidents Inj'd Killed Dain'gt 1946 0 0 U) $ 000 Second Week 1945 2 1 jj|i o Comparisons' To Date 150 1946 3 2 1 1945 2 1 0 0 400 150 County i$oyrWrnirsiikTrnvgfr The War in Pacific --4 Entering the Army three years ago this month, a group of Martin Coun ty young men trained at various centers together, went through the final phases of the Pacific war to gether, and returned home together last Tuesday evening. “There were enougli of us to give every place we visited a Martin County flavor,” one of the young men was quoted as say ing following his return this week. Thi‘ ten youths—Benjamin Jordan Hopkins, Richard Gladstone Slade, Gilbert Ward, William Maurice Pate, James Maurice Stalls, Robert E. James, Haywood E. Wynne, William Russell Roebuck and John W. Gur ganus—went through training and the final phases of the Jap war with out a scratch. “We were greatly worried at times when bombs and shells started falling all around us about the time we reached Luzon,” one of the boys admitted, adding that they did not see much combat since they were in the supply engineers. Another youth, Win. C. Thomas, re turnod home about a year on account of his health, but the other ten rode out the storm along with a similar group from Bertie County and a fair ly large number of boys from Dur ham. After a short stay at Fort Bragg the boys shipped out to Camp Swift, Texas, where they trained for about five months. They moved on to Camp Needles, California, for a nine months’ training period, and after a few days spent at Camp Stoneman, Calif., they set sail for New Guinea on March 31, 1944, arriving there 31 days later after a short stop at New' Caledonia. The eight months spent there were tough ones, and they mov ; ed on at the end of that time to L.u 17.on where they spent eight or nine [months. Their last hop before com ing home was to Japan. Leaving the : emperor’s wrecked domain two days j before Christmas, they docked in San j Pedro, Calif, on January 3, and fin - j ■ ■ Ily pushed their wuiy through Fort j Bragg's separation center in time to get home last Tuesday night. Illicit Liquor Business Delivered Heavy Blow Thirteen Stills Are Wrecked By Officers In Five-Day Period Ovrr I 4>nllon* IYIoIhmim'm R<‘cr I’oiiiimI Out In TIm* Cast W««(«k -$ A crippling blow was dealt the il licit liquor manufacturing business in this county during the past few days when Enforcement Officer J H. Roebuck, assisted by his son, Vet eran Julian Roebuck, and Deputy Roy Reel wrecked thirteen distill cries and poured out an estimated I, 350 gallons of molasses beer. “We have a few more plants on our schedule and just as soon as we gel them, we will have just about cleaned up the racket," Officer Roe buck said this week. Last week saw more action on the enforcement front than in any other period in years. Bad weather and unfavorable road conditions had hampered enforcement work for a short time, and a flare-up in the il 1 i< it business followed. It is quite likely that the promoters of the il licit business will find the latest interruption costly, and possibly it will mark the end of illicit activities for a few. The first of the raids was conduct ed on Monday of last week when the officers raided on the Matthews farm in Hamilton Township and wrecked a 100 gallon capacity gas drum used as a still and poured out 100 gallons of molasses beer. On Tuesday the officers invaded the other side of Hamilton Township and wrecked two plants just off Highway No. 11. They poured out 100 gallons of molasses beer at the first and 200 gallons at the second plant. woing min ini' ir-opiai romi town ship thi* following day, the officers destroyed a plant in the making and poured out 150 gallons of beer. Re turning to Hamilton Township the same day, the raiders wrecked two more oil drums but found no beer. Working closer home on Thursday, tin officers wrecked an oil drum and - iCmiiinued on page four) Mrs.iiefiie Cherry Died Late Tuesday —®— Mrs. Hettie Irene Cherry, widow of John D Cherry, died at her home in Williams Township at 11:40 o’clock last Tuesday night following a short illness. In declining health for some time, Mrs. Cherry was getting along as well as usual until about one o’clock that afternoon when she suf fered a stroke, the end coming grad ually a few hours later. The daughter of the late William and Mozella Roberson Anderson, Mrs. Cherry was born in Williams Township 51 years ago on March 14 When quite young she was married to Mr. Cherry who died of a stroke 'following a brief illness about six years ago. Surviving are five sons, Howard, Ulysses and Joe Cherrv, all of this county, and Bryant Cherry of Ral eigh; two daughters, Fiances Cherry and Mrs James Hoggard, both ol this county, and a half-brother, Noaf P. Roberson, of Williams Township. Mrs. Cherry was a member of the Hotlv Spring Church for about fif i j" teen years. | Funeral services are In ing conduct ed this afternoon at 3 o clock Rev. W B. Harrington. Inteimen | was in the Roberson Cemetery ir Williams Township. f RH> CROSS QUOTA ] The Martin County Chapter of the American Ited Cross has been assigned a quota of $3,500 in the 1010 annual membership drive, it was learned this week from Chapter Chairman J. C. Manning, l.ast year the organi zation had a ouota of $0,200 and raised eousiderablv more than that amount. It was pointed out that while many activities of the organiza tion have been discontinued fol lowing the end of hostilities, a great obligation to war victims ami wounded American service men should and must be met. Change Ordered In Color Of Tags For Use On Guano Bags —»— Fertilizer Willi 3.5 Percent 4 liloriuc hislin^iiislmlilc By Green lathel -* Al a special session recently, the State Board of Agriculture, by a vote I of 5-2, designated a green tag to be i borne by bags of tobacco fertilizer Containing chlorine content of 3.5 j per cent. Previously the board selected the color yellow for such tags, but sub sequent developments showed that many companies are using yellow tags to designate fertilizer contain ing the preferred maximum chlo line content of three percent. Stren uous objections to this action of the board was voiced by officials of these j (Continued on page four) Clothes Are Stolen From Car On Street -« A .silvt i fox coat, valued at $800, hi, 1 two suit cases containing wear ing appar el and other articles, were r eported to have bei n stolen from a car parked neat lire local bus station * .rain stmt! herr Tuesday afternoon. -a**,1! Police stated that wlrile the owner s were dining in a local cafe, some one broke a small glass in a door to gain access to the clothing. The names or the owners could not be learned. Several suspects were detained o inpoi n, ily and questioned, but no trace of the missing items could be I established. Reports state that an I other foreign car was parked near | the looted ear, and police point out that il was possible the haul was made by outside parties. FAKM Itl KfvM v .Meeting in the courthouse here tonight at 7:30 o'clock members of the Martin County Farm Bu reau are expected to get a pretty good idea of what agriculture has | in store for the future. Repre sentatives of the organization who attended the national meet ing of the Farm Bureau Federa tion will make their reports, and plans for havipg this county repiesented at the State meet ing to he held In Winston-Salem on Ft In uaf$ 0, 7 and 8 will hr discussed. Members ot the organization 1, and others interested in agricul > ture are invited to attend the meeting tonight. Fatally Burned At . Home Near Here Funeral This Afternoon For Vietim Who Died Early Wednesday Night -£>— Receiving third-degree burns from her head to the tops of her little shoes, while playing in the yard of her home near here last Monday morning, Judy Irene Price, four years old, died in the local hospital Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock Her body charred in several places, the little girl was conscious until about one hour before the end, but little hope had been held for her re covery from the first. Funeral services are being conduct ■d from the home this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. H. M. Pope, pas tor of the local Pentecostal Holiness Church, and interment will follow in the family cemetery, near the home. The child's parents left early that morning to attend Archie Mizelle’s hog killing and several of the other children left a short time later for school, leaving Judy and two older sisters home with their grand mother, Mrs. Lizzie Price. An older sister, Pattie, was in the kitchen and Judy wus in the living room with another sister, Dorothy Mae, when the grandmother went to the kitchen after warning both of the sisters to be good girls. While Doro thy Mae, about twa years older, was busy drawing, Judy pulled a chair unnoticed to the mantel where she is believed to have taken several matches from the box. She had a >uir of overalls on over her dress md went into the yard to play. A few minutes later the grandmother beard the child scream and she ran to the door. The little girl’s clothes were burning from her shoes to her ■boulders, the flames extending pos ubly two feet or more above her head. Mrs. Price poured some water on her and the older sister help beat at the fire with her hands, but not un il most of the clothing had burned xcept a small patch across the chest and the seams around the waist. Partly burned matches were found in the yard near the spot where the little girl was fatally burned, and it is apparent that she accidentally fired her clothing while playing witli the matches. Little Judy had begged to be al lowed to accompany her parents to the neighbor's hog killing, and slip ped and hid in the foot of the car. The weather was not very good and they thought it best that she remain it home with her sisters and grand* mother. Unusually bright, she was a smart ■liilil Just a short time ago she completed the task .of picking up evcral hundred pounds of pecans in the yard where she liked to play and romp. Surviving are her parents, Robert S. and Ruth Mizelle Price; six sisters, Pattie, Chine, Virginia, Alice Ruth, Dorothy Mae and Miza Matilda Price, and two brothers, Johnny and Mel vin Price. -« One Injured When Car Leaves Hoad —»— One person was painfully but not seriously hurt and several others were slightly bruised and shocked when the car in which they were rid ing tore down between 75 and 100 feet of fencing and plunged down the embankment at Sweet Water Creek near here on the Jamesville High way at 1 00 o’clock last Tuesday morning. Miss Sarah , Hardison, young Wil ftMttffc' /oVnalnp ifi- suffered .• ’leg injury and was treated in the local hospital. Grady Bn wnsfu ld, driver of the car registered in the name of James T. Machen, Dolly Hardison, Wilton I.averne Godard, Dallas God ard and Earl Green, other passeng •ts in the car, were not hurt. The iccident was not reported immedi itolv and details could not be learn ed. According to information gain ’d by Patrolman W. E. Saunders who investigated the accident, a tire blew out just as the car, traveling toward Jamesville, crossed the creek bridge, throwing the Ford coach into the guard fence. Damage to the car was , estimated at $300 by Patrolman Saunders. Brownsfield, originally from Ala bama, is making his home in Wash ington County. -$ Miss Rogerson Resigns ,4s Draft Board Clerk After five years of faithful service as assistant clerk and later as clerk of the Martin County Draft Board, Miss Mary Rogerson recently resign ed to accept a position in the local offices ot the Virginia Electric and "r.'.vcr Company She erverad her new duties last Wednesday. While her draft board work was difficult under the stress of war, Miss Rogerson handled it capably and most pleasantly.

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